Rovers sit bottom of the table going into a
Boxing Day fixture at Liverpool and Kean's position has been speculated over for much of the season.
But they were terrible in the first half of their Boxing
Day fixture against Everton, but the question is, really, can West Brom pull themselves up and out of their slump to take advantage at home?
The 2015/16 Premier League season returns for a third round of fixtures with Man City travelling to Goodison Park on Sunday in the standout game of the day
KEY FACT: Burnley have lost all their Premier League opening
day fixtures in their history.
However, Jose Mourinho will hardly care for City have the greater away form as the Blues have already visited the likes of Everton, Manchester United, City and Liverpool relatively unscathed whilst Manuel Pellegrini's side still have some difficult
away day fixtures.
The season of goodwill has frequently paired West Ham with close neighbours Tottenham Hotspur in the run up to Christmas and they were also the opponents on West Ham's last ever
Christmas Day fixture.
Norwich beat Watford 4 - 2 in midweek, but it was not enough to avoid the drop, as they head into Sunday's final -
day fixture knowing they can not catch 17th - placed Sunderland.
While the decision was largely expected before the announcement, Scudamore is annoyed that the World Cup final could be as late as December 23rd, just three days before the traditional Boxing
day fixture list.
We may have seen glimpses of good play from Holding but he is still learning his trade and we should never allow a situation where Holding and Chambers start a PL game for us - remember Liverpool opening
day fixture last season?
Liverpool have lost both Boxing
Day fixtures under Brendan Rodgers» stewardship, but do look the more likely of the two to find the back of the net.
Green Dragon Primary School, which is situated minutes away from Griffin Park, sold more than 40 tickets for the Primary
Schools Day fixture against Leeds United last November.
Their rivals Birmingham are still scrapping against relegation and so there is immense pressure on them going into this
derby day fixture.
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The Reds though have lost each of their last three
final day fixtures in the Premier League which have been away from Anfield (2011, 2012 and 2015).
December 29 — The English Premier League doesn't take a winter break, but for football fans it felt like it had taken one with a flurry of fixtures over the 10 days of December 10 - 18 and then a long and lonely wait to the traditional feast of Boxing
Day fixtures on December 26.
By the time their Boxing
Day fixture with Wolves at Molienux comes round, it will have been well over a month since Wigan last celebrated victory in the league.
But if you like a bet on a one - off match, which is my personal preference when betting on West Ham, then you can get up to 12/1 on us winning our opening
day fixture at Old Trafford, or 4/1 on a draw.
The Portuguese boss is under - fire after the loss to Progrès Niederkorn, so the next few weeks will be crucial ahead of their Scottish Premiership
opening day fixture against Motherwell.
If he scores in Tottenham's Boxing
Day fixture against Southampton he will beat Shearer's record of 36 goals in a calendar year.
Following a poor start in December, Aston Villa finished 2011 on a high — managing to obtain a point away from Villa Park with a
Boxing Day fixture away at Stoke City; a ground which is notoriously a difficult place to get points.
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In 2013 the Cricket Blues reversed the fortunes of the last few years of Varsity scores with a completely dominant victory at Lords and a comprehensive victory in the 4
day fixture at Fenners.
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There were a limited number of BUCS fixtures taking places this week, but it was a great week for women's football 3rds who were victorious in our Match of
the Day fixture!
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Take a look below at the opening
day fixtures, August 8, of the upcoming Premier League season in full:
After the Boxing
Day fixtures the side still remain outside the bottom three ahead of tonight's game against Arsenal with memories still fresh in supporters minds of the 3 - 0 victory recorded in this fixture by Palace in April earlier this year.
There was no suggestion in the build up to the match that Walcott was injured, but Wenger then suggested just prior to the Boxing
Day fixture that Walcott had a slight injury.
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The highest average capacity of the season was recorded for the Round 18 Boxing
Day fixtures at 97.22 %.
Let's take a look at the opening
day fixtures and the sports odds and stats provided by Best Deal Casinos.
Boxing
Day fixtures can be strange affairs so laying so much on the handicap is not appealing but I lean to the home favourite.
The Red Devils have been so consistent and reliable on home soil that they will have plenty of backing in this Boxing
Day Fixture.
Chelsea's Boxing
Day fixture this year sees them clash with Brighton at Stamford Bridge.
After the Boxing
Day fixtures they were top of the league with 47 points from 23 games.
My AFP report on the Premier League's New Year's
Day fixtures can be read here.
Meanwhile, The Blues» rivals, Arsenal along with Manchester City also secured maximum points on their respective Boxing
Day fixtures.
With a loss in their opening
day fixture to Burnely, the west London outfit will now want to improve and play better football in the days to come.